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When it comes to predicting people's preferences, it pays to consider 'the power of three'

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Phys.org reports on psychologist L. L. Thurstone's nineteen twenty-seven paper, which proposed that when people choose among multiple options, they're drawn to whichever offers the highest value—even if they can't consciously quantify why.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2026-08-people-pays-power.html

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